Zachary Scott Theatre Center: Enter stage left, a new managing director

After a national search, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center found its new managing director, Elisbeth Challener, right in its own back yard

"...When the Zachary Scott Theatre Center went hunting for a new managing..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: Home improvements turn Zach black

Zach goes dark this fall to make long-desired theatre renovations

"...The local theatre schedule will be a little less crowded this fall,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: Ciccolella's curtain call

After a successful eight-year run as managing director, Ann Ciccolella is making her exit from the Zachary Scott Theatre Center

"...who have our exits and entrances. Over at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center, there's a major player who's making..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: A stage for a diva

The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center already has a name: the Karen Kuykendall Stage, in honor of the Austin native and award-winning performer

"...The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center is..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zachary Scott Theatre Center

The National Endowment for the Arts is giving the Zachary Scott Theatre Center $40,000 toward a production of 'Porgy and Bess' to be staged in 2007

"...The folks at the Zachary Scott Theatre Center were ready to spring forward last..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?

A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.

"...1. On average, how many productions does the Austin theatre community mount or present in Austin during a year?..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Kind of Theatre Do You Go For?

Our sassy quiz will match you up with the Austin theatre company of your dreams.

"...which you aren't well-suited. Where, oh where, is the theatre company for you? Life without a theatre company to..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature

Theatre -- ALL CAPS, All the Time

There's nothing lower-case or lethargic about theatre director, actor, and producer Sharon Sparlin. She's bold, animated, even electric, and channeling all that high-voltage energy into creating equally energetic theatre all the time.

"...the scene herself. She saw that the Public Domain theatre company was doing her favorite play, Bertolt Brecht's The..."

April 13, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Austin Theatre Refuses to Fade in 1995 And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

The past 12 months saw some of Austin's

"...which moved from its longtime home at 607 Trinity; theatre artists Norman Miller and TJ Gaudette, who passed away..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their eighth annual..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their sixth annual..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Austin Theatre: That was the year that was

Three of Austin's finest theatre folk - director/actress Lorella Loftus, director Sonnet Blanton, and lighting designer Jason Amato - describe how 2006 was for them and the local stage scene

"...The Chronicle sat down with six of Austin's fine theatre folk to talk about the year that was and..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...Judy Arnold, Jacqui Cross and Yolanda Williams in Dreamgirls..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre: What will be will be

Three Austin theatre artists – actress Lee Eddy, choreographer Robin Lewis, and Adam Sultan – dish about their visions of the year to come

"...Eddy (Salvage Vanguard Theater/St. Idiot Collective), choreographer Robin Lewis (TexARTS/Zachary Scott Theatre Center), and actor/composer Adam Sultan (Salvage Vanguard..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

Theatre of the First Water

Zach makes a big splash on the national theatre scene as the first resident theatre to get to produce Tony winner 'Urinetown'

"...The latest evidence that the Zachary Scott Theatre Center is making a big splash on..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Most Memorable Theatre I Chanced to See in 2003 -- A SemiHierarchical List

"...1) The Flaming Idiots (Zachary Scott Theatre Center) The single most entertaining group of..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Awards 1998

"...On Tuesday, June 2, the Austin Theatre Critics' Table presented its sixth annual awards for achievement..."

June 5, 1998 Arts Feature

A Boone to Austin Theatre

In 10 years of leading Frontera productions, Vicky Boone has touched many lives and changed the community.

"...Life game: What would the last decade of Austin theatre look like if Frontera Productions had never existed?..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...in 1994 was languishing in the ninth circle of theatre hell. When he could have been in front of..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Youth Theatre Programs In Brief

"...Summer Youth Theatre (VORTEX Repertory Company): Free theatre training for teens with..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

Spectrum Theatre's Tribute to Boyd

African-American company's gala salutes the great Boyd Vance

"...African-American theatre in Austin is getting a major boost these days,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Theatre Town Meeting

"...Austin this August? That's RATs as in Regional Alternative Theatres, or Raggedy Ass Theatres, or Raving Anarchic Thespians, or..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Theatre Critics Table Nominations 1997

"...The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced nominations for their fifth annual..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...we cherish now as the grande dame of Austin theatres had at that point about as much life left..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Penfold Theatre Gives Live Readings of Radio Plays in the Ransom Center Archives

The company has dusted off radio adaptations of Shakespeare, Fitzgerald, and Thackeray for the 21st century to hear – live

"...When we last heard from Penfold Theatre Company, it was bringing the future into the present,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...short nor easy, not for Oedipus or for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center. The tragic king of ancient Greek..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...thesis when he was getting his masters in children's theatre at UT -- that is titled The Journey. And..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...the B. Iden Payne Awards. The Austin Circle of Theatres' annual honors for excellence in local stage work are..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...by Adrienne Martini and Robert Faires Alice Wilson photograph..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

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